Swedish design and retail sensation Ikea are going to be switching their entire fleet of cars over to hybrid power in the UK. Hybrid powered vehicles use a combination of electric and normal fuel engine for it power.
The company at the moment uses Skoda for all of their company cars, but by next year will be switching those for the Honda Civic hybrid power. This is said to a pilot program to see how it goes and if all goes fine then this trend is likely to be rolled out all over Europe and other Countries with an Ikea presence.
This is great news for Honda, especially as the main rival in the hybrid market is Toyota, whose hybrid vehicles totally dominate the market place throughout the world where they are available. However there are changes ahead for both Honda and Toyota as they change their hybrid ranges, Honda will be bringing to the market a new small hybrid car.
The move by Ikea is a bold one, but this only effects their company cars, and as they wish to reduce their Co2 emissions by nine percent by the year 2010, they may need to look at their commercial vehicles, it is these larger diesel powered vehicles that need to be looked at more closely.
Source [Money Central]
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